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...Gotland, west of Latvia, in the late 1940s. More - sealed on German warships - was sunk by Britain and the U.S. in the deep waters of the Skagerrak, an arm of the North Sea, and in the Norwegian Sea. Over time, some of the weapons in the relatively shallow Baltic - blister agents (such as sulfur mustard), tear gas and other chemical irritants once the property of Nazi Germany - have lost their casings, leached into the sea and been caught in fishing nets. "In the Baltic," says Commander K.M. Jorgensen of the Danish navy in Bornholm, "the shells were dumped over...
...largely unaffordable to rural residents who each earn an average of $300 a year. Total medical spending for the 48 million people in the impoverished southern province of Guangxi, for instance, is just half that of Beijing's, with a population of 13 million. "Rural health care is the blister on China's medical system," says Cai Renwen, director of the National Health Economics Institute in Beijing. "You can lance it, but then you have to patch it with money," he says, "and the government hasn't been willing to spend...
...time we got to Barry,” Walsh said, “I really thought we were going to get one inning, maybe two, out of him because of that blister...
...time we got to Barry, I thought we were going to get an inning, maybe two out of him because of that blister,” Walsh said. “I still don’t know, and I’m not going to ask him. Maybe we’re over...
Walsh says he will use his pitching staff aggressively on Saturday, even throwing projected game three starter Kenon Ronz out of the bullpen if necessary. Senior closer Barry Wahlberg, who has taken a week off while nursing a blister on his throwing hand, will also be available...